In the current coaches poll UCF is rewarded moved up three positions beating a ranked team UC. UC is punished for losing to a now #8 ranked team to being unranked. Must be the eye test thing. I'm not saying we shouldn't drop, but not unranked and behind some 3 and 4 loss teams.

(11-18-2018 04:14 PM)bearcat72 Wrote: In the current coaches poll UCF is rewarded moved up three positions beating a ranked team UC. UC is punished for losing to a now #8 ranked team to being unranked. Must be the eye test thing. I'm not saying we shouldn't drop, but not unranked and behind some 3 and 4 loss teams.

(11-18-2018 04:14 PM)bearcat72 Wrote: In the current coaches poll UCF is rewarded moved up three positions beating a ranked team UC. UC is punished for losing to a now #8 ranked team to being unranked. Must be the eye test thing. I'm not saying we shouldn't drop, but not unranked and behind some 3 and 4 loss teams.

I watched last night. We are not a Top 25 team.

If losing to a top 10 team on the road (even soundly) disqualifies a team from being in the top 25 then none of the teams 10-25 should be in there. There are four 4-loss teams in the top 25. Hell, Pitt has 4 losses AND got beat by UCF worse than we did. Plus a 45 point drubbing by Penn State. Lots of flaws with all of the teams outside the top 10.

(11-18-2018 04:48 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: A close loss would've merited remaining ranked. It was not close.

So, is Syracuse now unranked? They weren't close.

The Cuse dropped 7 spots with heir loss but started out ranked 12 so their loss and subsequent fall in the rankings didn't take them out of the rankings like it did UC. They also lost to the #5 team not the #11 team.

(11-18-2018 04:14 PM)bearcat72 Wrote: In the current coaches poll UCF is rewarded moved up three positions beating a ranked team UC. UC is punished for losing to a now #8 ranked team to being unranked. Must be the eye test thing. I'm not saying we shouldn't drop, but not unranked and behind some 3 and 4 loss teams.

I watched last night. We are not a Top 25 team.

If losing to a top 10 team on the road (even soundly) disqualifies a team from being in the top 25 then none of the teams 10-25 should be in there. There are four 4-loss teams in the top 25. Hell, Pitt has 4 losses AND got beat by UCF worse than we did. Plus a 45 point drubbing by Penn State. Lots of flaws with all of the teams outside the top 10.

Pitt also beat #19 Syracuse and 2 teams that are getting top-25 votes (Duke and Virginia).

Our best wins (USF and Ohio) aren't getting any votes in the polls.

If we had Pitt's schedule, we'd be lucky to have the same record they do. 7-4 Georgia Tech is their 7th best opponent (they've played #3 Notre Dame, #8 UCF, #15 Penn State, #19 Syracuse, and Duke and UVA are getting votes).

Actually, to be fair, Boise State does have some nice wins and probably should be ranked ahead of us. Army has a better "best win" than we do (Buffalo) but their overall schedule is weaker. Fresno State and Utah State have no business being ranked ahead of us.